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Stephen England has finished more than 20 marathons and 75 ultra marathons in the last few years, but his latest race is unquestionably his most unique. England had planned to run in the Boston Marathon, originally set for April 20, but it was delayed until September due to the coronavirus pandemic. But England sticks to his schedule. On Monday, the…

Track and field is facing a painful and public reckoning with the treatment of some female athletes. Former teen running star Mary Cain’s account this week of alleged physical and emotional abuse at the recently disbanded Nike Oregon Project is prompting more top athletes to come forward. Amy Yoder Begley, a 10,000-meter runner, said Friday she was told she had...

Nike will investigate accusations of abuse by Mary Cain while she was part of Alberto Salazar’s training group. The runner says it reached the point where she started having suicidal thoughts and cutting herself. Cain joined the disbanded Nike Oregon Project run by Salazar in 2013, soon after competing in the 1,500-meter final at track and field’s world championships when...

Nationals leadoff hitter Trea Turner was called out and Washington manager Dave Martinez was ejected from a 7-2 Game 6 victory in the World Series after a disputed interference call in the seventh inning Tuesday night.

A Marine from Virginia is running his sixth marathon Sunday in honor of Marines and sailors killed when he was deployed.

A U.S. Marine has made it a tradition to run the Marine Corps Marathon in honor of Marines and sailors who died during his deployments. Drew Wilder reports.

Four-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and noted U.S. marathon champion is retiring from competitive running after a 15-year career, the Massachusetts native announced Monday morning on social media. In two posts on Instagram, Flanagan explained she will be transition to a role as professional coach for the Nike Bowerman Track Club in Portland, Oregon.

Jennifer Smith will be competing in the Marine Corps Marathon for the first time this year, but she wasn’t always this active.

A Silver Spring woman talks about her journey to the Marine Corps Marathon. Aimee Cho reports.

The 33rd annual Walk to End HIV is coming up Oct. 26. Pat Lawson Muse discusses the effort with Naseema Shafi, CEO of Whitman-Walker Health, Dwayne Lawson-Brown, youth health educator at Whitman-Walker, Faith Mitchell and PREP program assistant at Whitman-Walker Health.

Roger Bannister, 1954. Eliud Kipchoge, 2019? Like the sub-four minute mile, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible — until Saturday. But this time there’s an asterisk: Olympic champion Kipchoge performed his feat under conditions so tightly controlled to maximize his success that it won’t appear in the record books. The 34-year-old Kenyan completed the 42.195...

Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller’s deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday.

Jonquel Jones scored 32 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, and the Connecticut Sun took advantage of Elena Delle Donne’s early injury exit to beat the Washington Mystics 99-87 in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals on Tuesday night and even the series.

A third man has been arrested and charged with drug offenses in connection with the overdose death of rapper Mac Miller. Court documents show Steven Walter is suspected of selling counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that Miller possessed before he died of an accidental overdose last year of cocaine, alcohol and the powerful opioid.

Elena Delle Donne scored 24 points and hit a crucial turnaround jumper late, Emma Meesseman added a career postseason high 27 points, and the Washington Mystics held on for a 97-95 victory over the Las Vegas Aces in Game 1 of their WNBA semifinal series Tuesday night.

Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in “Blade Runner” opposite Harrison Ford, has died. He was 75.

A runner has been found dead days after he was disqualified from the Los Angeles Marathon following allegations of cheating.

The governing body of track argued in court that Olympic champion Caster Semenya is “biologically male” and that is the reason she should reduce her natural testosterone to be allowed to compete in female competitions, according to documents released publicly for the first time on Tuesday and which provide new insight into a bitter legal battle. The documents released by...

Police say what appeared to be a dead infant found outside a park in Queens — a “child” that was declared dead by emergency personnel — turned out to be a realistic-looking doll made to look like a decomposing baby.